APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Medical Student Empathy and Visuospatial Perspective Taking
- Colm O'Tuathaigh
University College Cork - Nor Faizaah Ahmad Kamal
University College Cork - Deirdre Bennett
University College Cork - Gabriella Rizzo
Cork University Hospital - Henryk Bukowski
Université Catholique de Louvain
Abstract
This study provides an important validation check for scales purporting to measure cognitive empathy in medical students, demonstrating that self-assessment scores are moderately associated with performance-based measures of perspective-taking and communication skills performance.
Cognitive Processes
